Tire-setting machine.



No- 843,062. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

O. W. BAKER. TIRE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1906.

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o. w. BAKER} TIRE SETTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1906.

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1 Tins-{SETTING MACHINE?- 62 I i Specification of Letters Patent. v iPatented Feb 5,1907. Anelication-filed January13,1906. Serialflo.296.590.

H y from their respective 'roximate edges'15 and I y; Be it known ;thatL OHABLEs WALTER 16 inward toward t eir outer edges, the BAKER, a'citizen of the United St'ates,residtongues1-7 and 18 thus formed beingbent 1- atCeleste,-in the coimty-of Hunt and State down into a planelower than that offthe re- 60 all: concern/.-

' of exas, have invented certainnew and usemainder-of the bed, as shownin Fig.3.

I fill Improvements in Tire-Settin Machines, 19 designates a platedesigned to rest on of which thefollowing is ,a specification, refthedepressed tongues 17 and 18. v erence being had therein to the accompanyExtendingg'the full length of and perma ingrdrawings. I v "nently attaced to'the upper surface of beds .65 .10 he invention relates tomachinesfo'r set- 13 and 14, 'respectively,-1n corresponding po--;-ting*tires and particularly to such as com= .sition, are two pairs ofquadrilateral wedgeprise'means for setting the tireswhile cold. 4 plates20 and 21.

j The obj'ect'of the. invention is the'produc 22v denotes removable..wedge shap'ed Ij'tion of a machine which shall-be simple n.clampinghmembers, four in 'number, de- 7o constructiomfeasily operated,and which is signed w en in operative position torest on adapted forsetting a coldtire as securely and the bedsin p o'sition reverse to thatofwedges I accurately. as though "shrunki tothe folly and 21, beingseparated therefrom by reas inordinarypractice; v movable binding-strips23, all" as shown in I -'Theinventionwillfirtbe'described incon Fig. 2.These clam ing members, slightly 7 2c n'ectionwith theaccompanyingdrawinga in concave in form, are formed with one serwhichjrated edge (denoted by 24)"b'eyond w'hich' Figure Lisa broken sideelevation .of my" projecting from one end of said members and improvedmachine. Fig. 2 is a top plan of lying practically flush with the undersur- -'the' same. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal face thereofisaflangie 25,for a purpose to be 80 5 section, partlyin elevation. Fig.'4 is avertihereinafter describe 9 p .cal' transversesectionon line amoi Fig. 2. 26 denotes two similar removable adjust- ','.Fig. 5 is ,apers ective view ofan adjusting ing wed es increasing in thickness fromtheir wedge Fig. 6 ISSfPGISPGOtiVG-df a clamping outer e ges 27 towardtheir handles 28 and mefirberb desi 'edto assist in adjusting themachine 85 3o -Referring.to the drawings, in which like todifferent-size wheels. 1

reference-numerals indicate like parts Permanently attached to the undersurf throughout the'several views, 1 denotes the faceoi bed 13 is abed-plate 29, formed with frame of; the machine, comprising sides'2 anaperture 30 near one end, as shown in and3a1id end 4, all-supported bylegs 5, of 3. Y 9,6

. any ordinary-form. uide-bars 3.1, a pair correspondingly po-.Revolublymoimtedinsides 2 and 3 at one sitioned on each bed, are;permanently at endthereof-is a shaft 6 on.which,'equidistant tached tothe bed bottom, one on each side from said sides, is rigidly fixed agear-wheel 7. thereof and slightly overlying the bed edges, A lever8,-pivotally mounted on shaft 6 near are adapted to fit in guideways 32,forme by 95' no] one end 'thereof'outside the frame side 1, has parallelguide-plates 33, securely attached to pivotally mounted'between itshead-plates. the inner face of frame sides 2 and 3, all as 9 and 10 atwo-pointed dog 11," desi edto shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

coo erate with cogwheel 12, ,fixe ly at- A T -lever 34 formed on one endwith segltac ed to shaft 6 between head-plates 9 and ment-gear. 35 andon the opposite end with I00. 3-10 of lever S and immediately below and.in head 36 is rigidlvattached to the middleof .veittical alinement withdog- 11', 'allas shown shaft 37' revolubly mounted between sides 2 inFigs. 1 and 2. A power-wheel 112fis 'rigand 3 of the frame; Projectingfrom the upidly attachedtje the extreme end of shaft 6, per arm of head36 is a lug 38, designed to beyond lever .8. l 'snuglyfit into aperture30 of bed-plate 29.1 5 56' 13 and 14 denote two similar movable beds Tothe lower end of head 36 by means of bolt gegrtendingnearly the fullwidth of the frame, 39 is pivotally' attached oneend of a link-rodTorm'edpreferably of cast or forged metal 40, the other endof which ispivotally and adapted for simultaneous reciprocatory swung by meansof-bolt-41 between lugs 42 1 movement, longitudinally of the *frame.depending from bed 14. Inalinement with no 5 5' These beds, at 13 and 14respectively, are segment-gear 35 and rigidly fixed toshaft 43 doubleslitted'for a po foniof-their length 'revolubly mounted between-legs 5near the with the proximate edges of beds 13 and 14 6 is now revolved ina direction away from lower end thereof is a dog 44, the upper end.being adapted to engage the teeth of said gear and the lower end ofwhich is bent and formed into a presser-foot 45 by means of which thedog is forced. into and released from engagement with the segment-gear.

46 denotes a. pair. of eyebolts rigidly attached to each side of theframe in alinement when saidbeds are in closed position.

47 represents a binding-post securely held in one eyebolt and providedwith a series of apertures 48 in vertical alinement each adapted toreceive a sto .pin 49. a '50 denotes another binding-post eld in theopposite eyebolt and formed with a series of notches 51 on the upperportion of its length. A binding-bar 52 is formed with a forked head 53,designed to embrace post 47, the curved prongs of the head passingbeneath pinr49, positioned in one of the apertures 48. .A clamping-shoe54 concave on itsunder face is securely attached to bar 52 midway thatportion of its length overlying the frame When in operative position. f

55 denotes a locking edge formed integral With-bar 52 and adapted toengage notches 51 when saidbar is forced to binding position.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Assuming the beds to be-inopen position, as shown in Fig. 2, the wheel w1th tire. fitted to thefolly thereof is set between the four clamping members 22 longitudinallyof the frame, the tire resting on flanges 25 of said members and at itslowest point on plate 19.

adjusting-wedge 26 is next inserted beneaththe outerend of each pair ofclamping members a sufiicient distance. to cause them to conform to thecurvature of the tire being operated upon. By means of inserting asufficient number of \binding-strips 23 between plates 20 21 and theclamping memberssaid members are now forced toward each other laterallyof the frame until they securely gri the tire between theirserratededges. Shaft the beds either by means of lever 8 cooperatingwith cog-wheel 12 through the medium of I I dog 11 or by means ofpower-wheel 12 and causing gear-wheel'7 to mesh with segment.- gear 35,which inthe above-describedv position of the parts is at or near itslowest point of travel. Continued revolution ofshaft 6 will of coursemove gear 35 in itsupward path of travel and force beds 13 and 14 to.-

ward each other supported and guided by guide-bars 31 in guideways 32,movement of bed 13- being effected through'cooperation of lug 38 withaperture 30 in bed-plate 29 and movement of bed 14 through thecooperation of link 40 with head 36 of the T-lever. As the beds approacheach other. a strenuous pull is exerted on that portion of the tire freefrom the clamping members from its highest -point downward in bothdirections along the felly, resulting in tightly binding said por tionof the tire to. its fel while'an equally. strenuous crowding or pushingforce is ex ertedtoward is lowest point on that portion ofthe tiregripped by the clamping members, resulting in upsetting the tire at saidpoint in the irection of the felly, the plate '19 effectively overcomingthe tendency to upset in the opposite direction and, as obvious, forcingthe upset portion into the felly and securely binding the whole tire tothe fell liaving thus described the invention, what isvclaimed as newiSr Attire-setting machine com ris ng a mam frame, beds movably mountemthe frame,

clamping members freely movable on the v beds, a main shaft revolublysupported by the frame, a T-lever connected to and operated by saidshaft, one arm of the lever en-. gaging one of the-beds, and a secondlever engaging the other bed and connected to the other arm of the T-lever, whereby in the op eration of the shaft the beds. are reciprocatedin relatively opposite directions.

f In testimony whereofI hereunto aflix my signature inpresence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES WALTER BAKER.

Witnesses R. P. BRINDLEY', s F. A. BEZLEY.

